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February

Making things easier for students 1 February 2016
Get it done online 9 February 2016
Occupation Outlook 2016 10 February 2016
Applying for course-related costs 19 February 2016
Payment rate changes from 1 April 25 February 2016
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March

Changes to child support for sole parent students 7 March 2016
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April

Families in need get more financial support from 1 April 2016 1 April 2016
Waiariki Institute of Technology and Bay of Plenty Polytechnic merger 21 April 2016
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May

Changes to Student Loan statements from Inland Revenue 6 May 2016
Student Loan data sharing bill passes 17 May 2016
Now's the time to apply for 2nd semester 27 May 2016
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June

Do you have a saved application? 21 June 2016
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July

Cheap As Data 14 July 2016
Supporting New Zealanders studying overseas 19 July 2016
Are you in your final year at secondary school? 26 July 2016
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August

Supporting New Zealanders studying overseas *UPDATE* 18 August 2016
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September

Payments to Co-operative bank accounts - issue resolved 6 September 2016
Online services unavailable Tuesday 13 September 7-8pm 12 September 2016
Supporting New Zealanders studying overseas *NEW UPDATE 30/09/2016* 30 September 2016
Make the Date 30 September 2016
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October

Labour Day payment information (23 October 2017) 20 October 2016
Tell us what you think about our new website 20 October 2016
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November

Earthquake response 14 November 2016
Earthquake response update 16 November 2016
Inland Revenue and Australian Taxation Office information exchange 21 November 2016
Earthquake response update 22 November 2016
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December

Christmas/New year holiday information 16 December 2016
You can still make it 19 December 2016
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